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Thread | Cup team
at 03:25 10 Aug 2015
Looking at our bench on Saturday, I think we have the strength in depth to have a right old bash at them this season without compromising our league form too much. To be honest, a team of our second choice line up is probably superior to our first choice Capital One Cup winning team, in a lot of cases, it would be the same personnel. With a few home draws, I could see us getting to the last stages and if we are looking solid in the league, we can chuck the big guns in and have a good chance of knocking out anyone.
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Thread | Conspiracy theories
at 12:26 3 Jan 2015
I always roll my eyes at them, but the fact that Cahill is escaping any punishment, for, what was clearly a deliberate kick at a prone player, then, consider the Sterling slap and bear in mind that Jonjo recieved a four match ban for a flailing arm, that, could have been an accident (it did occur behind his back after all) I'm finding it very difficult to maintain my scepticism.
Added to the fact that so many decisions this season have been at best dubious and at worst incompetent, I am starting to empathise with Chico for his dramatics (if Routs and Fernández would have reacted in the Way Chico usually did, I'm sure that both opposing players would have walked)
Garry, rightly in my opinion, has instilled an ethos which is currently in line with the "Respect" agenda in football, however it seems that the powers that be only respect the Mourinhos of this world. It's depressing, but, I think we are going about our business the right way and after this latest debacle, I think, for the foreseeable future, a referee or linesman will be reticent to interpret an incident in the oppositions favour.
I don't think the decisions have gone against us because we are a Welsh team although I am willing to entertain the notion that it's because we are a smaller team, the main reason is because we are not a bunch of diving, bullying bunch of serial appealers, and nor should we be. Mike Riley and his referees, clearly, have the ball in their court to improve their standards, and not buckle to cheats and bullies. I think the media are now starting to pick up on it too. [Post edited 3 Jan 2015 12:35]
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Thread | Huw Speaks
at 08:57 29 Jul 2014
On talk sport in a bit, just heared it announced by Allan Brazil |
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Thread | Coming home..........ish
at 20:58 26 Jun 2014
I'm finally after 20 years going to be living within commuting distance (Hereford) of Swansea. Unfortunately it's only for 2 years so getting on the waiting list is not really practical. But JA membership will be and I can enjoy some home games for the first time since we moved to the lib. I realise that most games are sold out, but are tickets that hard to come by for the less fashionable games? |
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Thread | They just don't get it do they?
at 07:05 30 May 2014
Had a look at the redtit's board, and am still laughing at this little gem
http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=142337
Because what we really want is some megalomaniac ruining our club and putting us in debt, before leaving us bent over with our pants down dreaming of an ice pack.
I don't think they've worked out that if you make enough profit, you don't need outside investment. |
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Thread | Chico
at 12:11 18 May 2014
He's had some nightmare moments this season, but I personally would like to see him stay, he has popped up with a few goals, some of his tackles have been sublime, and I want players with passion in the team. I think he'll have learned from this season and will come back stronger.
I think I may be in a minority, but if you cut out the rolling around and the occasional red mist, there is one hell of a footballer there as well as being a tidy bloke off the field.
And I'm sure Garry doesn't hold a grudge either |
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Thread | Paul Merson
at 13:52 11 May 2014
Has he ever had a good thing to say about us. Did he lose a massive wager on us in the past? Seems like it to me |
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Thread | Gloating
at 15:50 5 May 2014
It lacks class, shows us up and generally takes away from the excellent work our team have achieved for over a decade.
But it's so much fun, well deserved and couldn't happen to a more lower form of pond life.
So without any feeling of shame whatsoever, I say to Cardiff City and all of their delusional, pig headed, shirt changing, so called fans,
Get down to the lower leagues where you truly belong, you're not what you were and now have to admit that you are utterly inferior to the Swans. Looking back over your fleeting visit to our league has been like watching a pissed up aunt ruin a wedding, your on and off field antics were truly cringeworthy, the equivalent of trying to cop off with the best man, swearing during the speeches and falling on your arse on the dance floor (revealing that you weren't wearing knickers and had a tuppence like Brian May's plug hole)
Good riddance
Lots of love
Roguetrooper |
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Thread | Got to be Fulham
at 11:24 27 Apr 2014
Out of the teams scrapping for relegation, with a nice ground to visit, the amount of points we have got off them since promotion and my dislike for the scum, Norwich, the geographical pain in the arrse of Sunderland and the fact that Grant Holt plays for Villa and they are managed by a mumbling dweeb. Fulham to stay up is my personal hope. And back to back relegation for the red pretenders |
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Thread | Am I wrong?
at 12:04 1 Apr 2014
As we have already played the two Merseyside clubs, I'm hoping they repectively Win the title and get fourth, as p1ssed off as I was when Martinez and Rodgers moved on, it I take some satisfaction in seeing the Swansea Way permeate to the top of the prem.
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Thread | Skirtl OG
at 14:34 27 Feb 2014
The second goal has been taken off Bony according to Talkshoite |
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Thread | QPRdiff
at 23:44 31 Jan 2014
Malaysian owned, panic buying, overspending on dross, ridiculous superiority complex, situated in an overpriced area full of bellends, think Fabio is a good player, sack the poor sod who brought them up for some name who used to play for Man U (Foolishly thinking that this means they will be as good as whiskey face) and bottom of the table.
History repeating?
Yet none of that lot can see a pattern |
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Thread | Chico, OG, but still my favourite player
at 20:45 20 Jan 2014
Despite the OG and his occasional ability to go missing during a cross, I still can't stay angry at the bloke for long. He always puts in a shift and sometimes he is awesome. Hope his form picks up to what it can be, as, he is still capable of brilliance. Judging from this interview, he is a bloody nice, if not a very punctual bloke.
How 'Chico' Fell in Love With Welsh Way of LifeBy Daily Telegraph
Published: 19th January 2014 06:00 AM
Last Updated: 19th January 2014 04:05 AM
The dashing, Ferrari-mad Spaniard tells Jason Burt he could not be happier at home in the Valleys
Unfortunately, Chico Flores appears to have forgotten about this interview. An hour passes in the reception area of Swansea City's Liberty Stadium before he eventually roars up in his red Ferrari, jewellery dazzling in both ears. Yet if this sounds like Flores is living up to all the worst footballer-stereotypes, the reality is quite different.
The Spaniard could not be more apologetic and spends the next hour patiently answering questions about Swansea's second-season struggles, sitting among the fans, breaking into the Spain squad, learning Welsh, studying architecture - and one day becoming a pilot. By the time he finally leaves, he has created the impression of a player perfectly at home in Swansea, both with the club and the city.
There are no pretensions here. Flores is a grounded individual, even going as far as choosing to make his own way by car to Fulham last season - when he was suspended. He and his wife, Davinia - who is also by his side during this interview - duly took a seat with the travelling support.
"I'm a football fan," Flores says. "I think like a fan and wanted to be with them. I enjoyed it, enjoyed watching them and being among them, seeing how they lived the moment. It's certainly something I would do again. I don't need to sit in an executive box I remember when I was young and I used to see the players of Cadiz [his hometown team] and talk to them and if I can do that here then why not? It's not asking a lot, it's no big thing."
His willingness to integrate fully even extends to wanting to talk to them in Welsh, not just English. And even though this interview is conducted in Spanish, through a translator, there is some evidence that his lessons are already having an effect. "?'Nadolig Llawen,'?" Flores proudly volunteers - it is Welsh for 'Merry Christmas' - before relaying how he and Jonathan de Guzman, the Dutch midfielder who was another recruit of manager Michael Laudrup, spoke about the need to immerse themselves in the local culture and cuisine.
"This is Wales, not Spain," says Flores, who is one of eight Spanish players in the Swansea squad. "And we have to adapt to the Welsh style of life. Obviously the Spanish style of play is here in Wales! But Wales is not Spain."
Still, Swansea's success - and their Spanish contingent - means the club are talked about back home. An under-21 international, Flores harbours ambitions of a full cap. "I want to meet my goals, it's something that I have thought about and something I would like to achieve. I focus on Swansea and have to be realistic. Spain are the best team in the world and there are a lot of good players who are not in the national team. But, yes, I would love that. It's my dream."
Like almost all the Swansea players he lives in the city. "It's a family club. We are close to the supporters. Very close! An example? The changing room at the training ground was just a gym, open to the public, and the fans were able to use it. It wasn't owned by the club so we shared this gym and the fans let us know what they thought. It was a positive thing. It meant we were even closer to them."
With his hair dragged back into a ponytail, those twinkling earrings and his black beard, there is something piratical in Flores's appearance. The 26-year-old's home city of Cadiz, the port in southwestern Spain, has a rich nautical history and Flores's style of football is appropriately swashbuckling, particularly for a centre-half.
"Swansea's style of football matches with my style. Swansea is not a famous team but it was an attraction for me that a more modest team, so to speak, plays in this way. I'm a defender but I like the way we keep the ball and the kind of football we play sits very well with me. I want to play the ball and also attack and go forward. We are one of the
better footballing teams in the league and do well against the better teams because of the way that we play. It's top-class football."
The problem for Swansea is that results this term have not always matched their swaggering style. It was always likely to be difficult to replicate last season's staggering successes - winning the Capital One Cup, qualifying for the Europa League, finishing ninth - but a relegation battle has been the crudest of wake-up calls.
This season, Laudrup and his players are focused simply on ensuring that next season they are in the Premier League. That task continues with a home match today against Tottenham Hotspur before a run of games against teams who sit around them in the bottom half of the table. "It's been frustrating but we have to think realistically and the fact is Swansea are a relatively modest team in the Premier League," Flores says. "The main goal is to remain in the Premier League. Last season was really good but it was always going to be difficult to maintain that. It's been complicated because of the Europa League and with a lot of players injured but now we will start getting the results and the points that we need."
Flores's renowned commitment to the cause - "I give everything and have done so with every team I have played for. More than 100 per cent - you understand?" - will be invaluable but he at least understands that there is more to life than football. He reveals that he also wants to gain a pilot's licence and study architecture and design. "I would like to learn. But only after football."
And when, eventually, that comes, how does he want to be remembered? "The main thing I would like to hear is simple: he did the best for the team. But I am like any player: I want to do my best and I want the fans to love me. Like everyone I can have good games, bad games but it's about working really hard for the team. If they remember me as someone who did that then I will be happy."
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